1141 – Margrave Leopold IV of Austria
1545 – John Taverner, English composer (Western Wynde), dies at about 55
1604 – Igram van Achelen, Dutch statesman (b. 1528)
1667 – Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia
1862 – James Creighton, amateur American baseball player, dies of ruptured bladder from hitting home run on Oct 14th
1959 – Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete and marathoner (Olympic gold 1928), shot to death in a cafe at 61
1982 – Maurice Gilliams, Flemish literary (Sources of Insomnia), dies at 82
1985 – Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc’er, hanged at 30
1993 – Lois Kibbee, American actress (Edge of Night), dies of a brain tumor at 71
2007 – William J. Crowe, American admiral and ambassador (b. 1925)